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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Terebra  \Ter"e*bra\,  n.;  pl  E.  {Terebras},  L.  {Terebr[ae]}. 
  [L.,  a  borer.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  genus  of  marine  gastropods  having  a  long, 
  tapering  spire.  They  belong  to  the  Toxoglossa.  Called  also 
  {auger  shell}. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  boring  ovipositor  of  a  hymenopterous 
  insect. 

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